The Failure Of Anne Mellbye's Olympic Games

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In the past 100 years, Anne Mellbye looked back at the most political Olympic Games during that time. Adolf Hitler was remembered most for the failed attempts during the Berlin Games, because he tried to use the games to prove his Aryan racial theories. Even though it did not end the way that he thought it would, the games ended with the African American sprinter and long jumper Jessie Owens as being named the most popular hero of the Games. Jessie won gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and the long jump. During the 1938 Olympic Games is was awarded to Germany. The Nazis was the ones that had all the power during this time. During these games the events was used by Adolf Hitler as proof that there was racial superiority

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